Shallow Hal was plagued with controversy from the outset when it appeared on screens in 2001.
Starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black, the comedy has drawn longstanding criticism for treating obesity as the punchline of an ongoing joke.
Gwyneth played obese woman Rosemary who is seen as a more slimmer version of herself by Jack’s character Hal Larson after he is hypnotised.
Shallow Hal was blasted for its fatphobic premise after Gwyneth’s body double was left struggling with eating disorders.
The actress has admitted that she wasn’t a big fan of her own acting in the motion picture, calling the movie a ‘disaster and disturbing’.
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